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The Coldest Western City Outside Anchorage

from The City of Gold and Lead by The Sound of The Ladies

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lyrics

I could never be without you, so why'd you want to do that?
Smoke my tobacco heart and blow it on the snow
Why will no one tell me where the active agents go
You make good your escape and I am left alone
In the coldest western city
The coldest city outside Anchorage
I'll be waiting for you there, I'll be waiting in the snow

Why'd you want to live out in American
With its rows of corn windswept by the midwest air
Far away from London's crowds of misdirected strangers
Well I suppose it's fair to say I have my answer there

You couldn't be a farmer's wife
I couldn't be a farmer's wife's husband
You'd go down into town, come back with venom on your lips
You'd spit "This town is full of dicks, the locals up to their old tricks
And all the same pointless ways that people find to get their kicks"

I could never be without you, so why'd you want to do that?
To snap my caplet heart and throw it on the snow
Why will no one tell me where the active agents go
You make good your escape and I am left alone
In the coldest western city
The coldest city outside Anchorage
I'll be waiting for you there, I'll be wrapped up in a blanket
In the coldest western city
In the coldest city outside Anchorage
I'll be waiting for you there, I'll be waiting in the snow

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from The City of Gold and Lead, released November 23, 2012

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The Sound of The Ladies London, UK

The Sound of The Ladies are the indie-schmindie alt. folk stylings of Martin Austwick, except live where it's him plus a bunch of cool musicians. He likes Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, and some other bands and solo musicians.

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